Anthony Henday, a young Hudson s Bay Company employee, set out from York Factory in June 1754 to winter with trading Indians along the Saskatchewan River. He adapted willingly and easily to their way of life; he also kept a journal in which he described the plains region and took note of rival French traders success at their inland posts. A copy of Henday s journal was immediately sent to the company directors in London. They rewarded Henday handsomely although they were uncertain where he had travelled, what groups he had met on the plains, and what success he had in opposing rival...